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Sterling looks past US shutdown news, awaits British data

The pound was last up 0.08% at $1.3175 and was a whisker firmer against the euro at 87.83 pence to the common currency International News...

Major brokerages expect BoE to cut rates in December after key policy meeting

They joined Goldman Sachs, which was the first to revise its forecast for a cut next month after the policy announcement on Thursday International News...

Dollar heads for modest weekly rise, balancing Fed outlook and US data

The dollar started a five-day winning streak last week after Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell acknowledged the risky nature of making further easing moves International...

More than half of hedge funds invested in crypto, global survey says

Fifty-five percent of hedge funds hold some crypto-related assets, up from 47% the year before, with funds allocating on average 7% of their holdings...

Sterling edges up ahead of BoE, Nok rises as Norges Bank holds rates

The dollar edged lower as a recovery in appetite for riskier assets pulled the U.S. currency off its recent peaks International News via Reuters: Sterling nudged...

UK stocks swept up in global selloff despite pound weakness

The blue-chip FTSE 100 dipped 0.7% by 1120 GMT, on track for its biggest one-day drop in over two weeks, if losses hold International News...

Dollar index at three-month high, testing top of recent range

The Fed lowered interest rates by 25 basis points last week, as expected, but Chair Jerome Powell signalled that may be the central bank's...

FTSE 100 hits record high on strong forecasts from GSK, Next

The FTSE 100 was up 0.8% to 9,779.32 points, as of 1205 GMT, also helped by a weaker pound that enhances the revenue for...

Wall Street set to open higher ahead of Fed meeting, tech earnings

Wall Street closed at a record high on Tuesday after Nvidia announced it would build seven supercomputers for the U.S. Department of Energy International News...

Britain’s FCA eases short selling rules for hedge funds

Under the revised regime, the Financial Conduct Authority will only publish anonymised, aggregate net short positions, based on private notifications from market participants International News...

British crypto firm KR1 targets London main market listing

KR1's move comes at a time when decentralised blockchain companies have gained a strong foothold in the global financial system and are of great...

Euro zone business credit growth slows but household lending rises

Credit growth to businesses eased to 2.9% in September from 3.0% a month earlier while loan growth to households rose to 2.6% from 2.5% International...
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